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See, Hear, Read: our experts pick January’s best movie, music and book release

See, Hear, Read: our experts pick January’s best movie, music and book release

They love it. We want it. Three red-hot releases “ Downton Abbey is a soapy period drama that pays as much attention to history...

Year in Review: Read all of Toronto Life’s cover stories from the past 12 months

Year in Review: Read all of Toronto Life’s cover stories from the past 12 months

In the past year, Toronto Life rated the city’s best new restaurants, talked to Rob Ford’ s inner circle and examined...

Year in Review: our favourite culture stories of 2012

Year in Review: our favourite culture stories of 2012

As we approach the cultural dry spell that lingers in the wake of the big holiday shows, it’s good to be reminded of just how...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I be embarrassed that my husband stockpiles free food from the airport lounge?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Should I be embarrassed that my husband stockpiles free food from the airport lounge?

Dear Urban Diplomat, My husband and I recently bought a chalet at Mont-Tremblant and have been flying Porter back and forth. He is...

Send in the Clowns: behind the desk with SportsCentre’s Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole

Send in the Clowns: behind the desk with SportsCentre’s Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole

Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole can’t stop laughing—at fumbling athletes, at ranting coaches and especially at their own jokes

Inside the Latest Issue

The June issue of Toronto Life features the best new restaurants of 2026. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

The List: 10 things Les Misérables star Colm Wilkinson can’t live without

The List: 10 things Les Misérables star Colm Wilkinson can’t live without

Everyone’s favourite Jean Valjean stars (as the Bishop this time) in the new Les Misérables movie, and is currently touring a...

Reason to Love Toronto: because the Next LeBron James is from Thornhill

Reason to Love Toronto: because the Next LeBron James is from Thornhill

When 17-year-old Andrew Wiggins leapt into the air and reared back a tomahawk dunk this past summer at the prestigious LeBron...

Bell stakes its claim for downtown Toronto condo owners with big-time cable discounts

Bell stakes its claim for downtown Toronto condo owners with big-time cable discounts

A high-stakes turf war is heating up between Rogers and Bell over the chance to provide television to Toronto’s ever-growing...

Dear Urban Diplomat: I find the skateboarder memorial outside my building upsetting. What can I do?

Dear Urban Diplomat: I find the skateboarder memorial outside my building upsetting. What can I do?

Dear Urban Diplomat, A skateboarder was killed by a cab outside my building, and six months later, the sidewalk memorial is still...

The Argument: Marion Cotillard, Hollywood’s favourite French actress, gets unleashed in Rust and Bone

The Argument: Marion Cotillard, Hollywood’s favourite French actress, gets unleashed in Rust and Bone

The first time I saw Marion Cotillard in the flesh was at this year’s TIFF. The jaw-droppingly gorgeous French actress was...

Fetal Position: inside the world of Lia Mills, the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of anti-abortion activists

Fetal Position: inside the world of Lia Mills, the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of anti-abortion activists

Lia Mills didn’t start Grade 7 with a plan to become famous. The year was 2009, and she was enrolled in a gifted class at Gordon...

Dear Urban Diplomat: What should I do when my neighbour throws an obnoxiously loud house party?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What should I do when my neighbour throws an obnoxiously loud house party?

Dear Urban Diplomat, A new couple on my block dropped by recently to introduce themselves. They said they were planning a...

Air Canada’s new low-cost airline has cheaper fares, more crowded seating and lower-paid staff

Air Canada’s new low-cost airline has cheaper fares, more crowded seating and lower-paid staff

Air Canada has finally made good on its promise to open a discount airline, commencing ticket sales for its new low-cost...

QUOTED: Doug Ford gets smug that he and Adam Vaughan actually agree on something

—Private-sector investment buff Doug Ford, on why Adam Vaughan, one of the Ford camp’s most vociferous adversaries, has raised...

We launch our new commenting system—now comments are easier to make and conversations are better

We launch our new commenting system—now comments are easier to make and conversations are better

Late last week, we launched Disqus, a discussion platform for our blog posts that will make it even easier for you to weigh in...

Q&A: disgraced cyclist Michael Barry explains how his doping confession saved his sanity

Q&A: disgraced cyclist Michael Barry explains how his doping confession saved his sanity

You recently admitted to doping while you were on Lance Armstrong’s cycling team, U.S. Postal, from 2002 to 2006. Why come clean...

QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti on where he plans to put his thumb

QUOTED: Giorgio Mammoliti on where he plans to put his thumb

—Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, who stepped away from Rob Ford’ s inner circle as soon as the severity of Ford’s legal snafus...

BlackBerry 10 makes some high-profile RIM doomsayers eat their words

Research in Motion’ s recent hot streak continues with a pair of endorsements from unlikely sources. This morning, Reuters...

Editor’s Letter (January 2013): why Toronto is suddenly such a hotbed of creative talent

Editor’s Letter (January 2013): why Toronto is suddenly such a hotbed of creative talent

Over the past year or so, a particular breed of talented Torontonians made it big. Sheila Heti’s quirky semi-autobiographical...

Philip Preville: How the crumbling Gardiner became a symbol for all that ails Toronto

Philip Preville: How the crumbling Gardiner became a symbol for all that ails Toronto

While city hall spent a decade debating what to do with the Gardiner—Demolish it? Bury it? Raise it?—the expressway fell into...

Primer: how to choose between Toronto’s big holiday shows

Primer: how to choose between Toronto’s big holiday shows

It’s time to suspend your cynicism and surrender to one of the city’s big, gooey, hurt-your-teeth-sweet holiday...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it sexist to hold an office holiday party in a VIP box at a Raptors game?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Is it sexist to hold an office holiday party in a VIP box at a Raptors game?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I am one of two women in an office of men, most of whom are diehard sports fans. The holiday party this year...

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I offer my streetcar seat without offending anyone?

Dear Urban Diplomat: How do I offer my streetcar seat without offending anyone?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I recently offered my streetcar seat to a woman I was convinced was a mom-to-be, then smiled cherubically at...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I ask the host of a party to open the wine I brought?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I ask the host of a party to open the wine I brought?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I brought back an excellent champagne from Paris and was waiting for a special occasion to open it. I decided...

Cost of Living

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

How an actor, influencer and amateur investor managed to earn a six-figure salary

“My family taught me to invest. It’s probably the wisest advice they’ve ever given me”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can't see the appeal

Dear Urban Diplomat: My friends are getting into sober raves, and I just can’t see the appeal

How does one cut loose in a well-lit room while the sun is shining and no one is even a little intoxicated?